I unquestionably prefer peace and liberty for all. It is my deepest and most sincere hope that education and understanding will assure our freedoms without any violence whatsoever.

Historically, however, tyrants release the reigns of power only when forced. My wish is that their enablers, protectors and power projectors recognize evil early on, remove their support and avert the bloodshed … or at least some of it.

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The fact that most people think that being selfish means harming one’s fellow man, that pursuing one’s own self-interest equates to behaving brutally or irrationally, is, as Ms. Rand noted, a “psychological confession” on their part. In fact it is against one’s own long-term self-interest to behave irrationally or trample others. Such actions are the exact opposite of selfish — they’re self-destructive.